Establish the baseline
Assess identity maturity, ownership, access paths and control coverage. Distinguish inherent exposure from the risk remaining after existing controls.
01 / IDENTITY STRATEGY
A strategy that connects identity to value.
Translate identity risk into an architecture, investment case and delivery roadmap your organisation can act on. Connect workforce, customer and non-human identity decisions to business value and a stronger security posture.
Discuss your challengeStart with the context.
Identity spans directories, access management, governance and privileged access. Strategy brings those capabilities together: what the organisation needs to protect, which trust decisions matter, where controls are weak and which investments will make a measurable difference.
CONTROL IN CONTEXT
Connect the estate to the next decision.
A useful identity strategy links the current control landscape to an architecture, investment priorities and accountable delivery.
Risk contextBusiness valueAccountable owners
HOW WE HELP
From direction to delivery.
Define the architecture
Connect directory services, access management, IGA, PAM and non-human identity through clear principles, ownership and integration boundaries.
Build the investment case
Prioritise change around risk reduction, user experience, operational effort and delivery dependencies. Agree how business value and progress will be measured.
THE CONTROL LANDSCAPE
Identity detail. Business context.
Maturity & posture
Evidence-led review of identity controls, coverage, ownership and the decisions behind access.
Architecture & integration
Target-state patterns across directories, federation, provisioning, governance and privileged access.
Risk & business value
A narrative linking identity exposure to business impact, investment options and benefits measures.
Roadmap & accountability
Sequenced delivery, named owners and governance for decisions, dependencies and exceptions.
FURTHER READING
Perspectives that inform the work.
DARK READING · COMMISSIONED BY SAILPOINT
More platforms. A greater need for direction.
Dark Reading’s respondents reported a fragmented technology estate. An identity strategy needs to connect the controls you already have, expose the gaps and prioritise the next investment.
State of Identity Security Survey · June 2025
Explore SailPoint’s identity research ↗ (opens in a new tab)About the research
108 cybersecurity and IT professionals at organisations with 500+ employees. Online survey, January–March 2025; administered and analysed by Dark Reading, commissioned by SailPoint.
Executive summary, p. 1; methodology, p. 13 (PDF pp. 2, 14).
40%
use four or more identity products or platforms
State of Identity Security Survey · June 2025
PRACTICAL OUTPUTS
What we work towards.
- An evidence-led maturity and identity security posture baseline
- Target-state architecture and accountable design decisions
- A prioritised roadmap and business-case inputs
An engagement that fits.
Start with a focused strategy or architecture review. Where a wider maturity baseline is needed, the Horizon Assessment can provide the structure for evidence gathering and prioritisation.
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